The Iron King Mine is a mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,286 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,286 Feet (1,916 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.9414, -112.07470
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Iron King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron King Mine
Secondary: Iron King #1 Shaft
Secondary: Iron King #2 Shaft
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Enargite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Halloysite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Hessite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 107, P.261 (1919) BY W. LINDGREN & G. LOUGHLIN
Reference (Deposit): UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK #17, PP. 120-123 (1957)
Reference (Deposit): PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH HAL T. MORRIS, USGS (1976)
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